03028cam a2200325 4500 545425978 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802189974 0802189970 B01AGZ8LQS Amazon eff7d99a-5c61-477d-b7ad-d6f4d63ff3a7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2434918 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Leonard, Devin. Neither Snow Nor Rain [Libby] : A History of the United States Postal Service. Grove Atlantic, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 7060kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 6771kB. Business. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>"</b><b>[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense" (</b><b><i>USA Today</i></b><b>).</b><br /> <br /> Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing.<br /> <br /> In <i>Neither Snow nor Rain</i>, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin's days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers.<br /> <br /> <i>Neither Snow nor Rain</i> is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS's monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s.<br /> <br /> "Delectably readable . . . Leonard's account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart." —<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eff7d99a-5c61-477d-b7ad-d6f4d63ff3a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eff7d99a-5c61-477d-b7ad-d6f4d63ff3a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eff7d99a-5c61-477d-b7ad-d6f4d63ff3a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)